Sign standard



Dec. 1934. w. JOERGER ET AL I 1,983,174

h SIGN STANDARD Filed July 26, 1935 WILLIAM JOERGER, .JOHN s. SHEEHAN 5.BY FRED q. JONES.

' ATTORNE'Y.

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Patented Dec. 4, 1934 SIGN STANDARD William Joerger, Glendale, John S.Sheehan,

.Gincinnati, and Fred J.

Ohio

ones, Middletown,

l Application July 26, 1933., Serial No. 682,294

4 :Claims. (Cl. -138) Our invention relates to a new and improved signstandardgbeing.primarily useful as a temporary :road sign or .as asidewalk sign.

In signs heretofore constructedthe support- ;Jrfi: ingflegs were lockedin open position, whereby upon being struck anddriven over by a passingvehicle the sign was either damaged beyond repair or caused considerabledamage to the vehicle. Signs used to indicate that men are working 5, 9,along the road or highway are usually placed in the center of the roadseveral hundred feet in advance of the men working on such road beds.Signs having a permanent support are. often knocked. down or drawn overby the suction (1 .1 created by large busses or other vehicles passingthe sign. With our improved sign the sign proper is pivoted to the frameand the suction created by passing vehicles merely causes the sign torock on its pivot.

."QQ; The object of our invention is to provide a simple, durable,inexpensive sign to be used as a signal on the highway, or as a sidewalksign. A further object is to provide a sign standard comprising pairs ofpivoted legs having a pivoted V2.5; cross bar for supporting the signproper. A further object is to so arrange the legs in the event of thesign being knocked down that the legs will collapse or fold within eachother whereby a vehicle passing thereover will not damage 13.9 the signor the standard. A further object is to provide chains connecting eachpair of legs for limiting the spread of the legs and to prevent anyprotruding parts when the sign is collapsed. A further object is toprovide braces between the v3.5 respective pairs of legs spaced asubstantial distance from the bases of the legs for bracing the legs andpermitting the legs to give the sign a fourpoint support regardless ofthe construction or irregularity of the surface upon which it is 5 49placed. A further object is to secure the sign proper to its pivotedsupport central of the leg pivots, whereby the sign will normally hangperpendicular.

Our invention will be further readily under- -.4,5 stood from thefollowing description and claims,

and from the drawing in which latter:

Fig. 1 is an isometric view of our improved sign standard.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section, taken in the plane of the line 3-3of Fig. 2, showing the pivoted construction of the legs and crossmember.

Fig. 4 is a detail section of the same, taken in "1 the plane of theline 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is'a .detail section-of. a modified form of cross .memberarranged to support a pair of 'Our improved sign standard comprises:pairs of :legslB and 14 formed of angle iron and plyoted together attheir upper endsby means of a bolt 15, hereinafter. more fullydescribed. $paced from the bottom of the legs and joining the respectiveleg members of i the pairs of legs 13 and 14 are bracing bars 16 and 1'?which we prefer to spot weld to the legs although any other suitablemeans of attachment such as bolts or screws may be used. Connected tothe respective legs 13 and the respective legs 14 are chains 18 to limitthe outward swing of the legs 10. and when the legs are collapsed thechain will drop in between the legs.

An angle member 22 has its ends bent inwardly to form a pivoted support23 through which the bolt 15 extends. A nut 24 received over the bolt 15clamps the angle member 22 to the bolt which extends through openings 25in thelegs. A nut 26 is received over a reduced end 27 of the bolt 15for holding the legs in pivoted position with suflicient clearances topermit free movement 8,0 of the respective legs about the pivot bolt.The angle member 22 is provided with holes 28 central of the meetingpoints of the flanges of the angle. A suitable display sign 29 is boltedto the angle by means of bolts 30 received through the sign and throughthe holes 28 and clamped thereto by means of a nut 31. The signrestsagainst the respective edges 32 of the angle 22. This constructionpermits easy removal of the sign when it is desired to change the signand 94) positions the sign central of the pivot points of the crossmember, whereby the signwill hang perpendicular. We prefer to secure thesign to the cross member, with a greater portion of the sign extendingbelow the cross member whereby 95 the gravity of the sign will maintainthe sign in the desired position at all times. If desired,

a signal flag 33 may be bolted to the sign 29 to further attractattention to the sign.

With this construction the sign is solidly sup- 10o ported and will notblow over or be drawn over by wind or the suction of passing vehicles,but will merely rock on its pivot and in the event of I being knockedover, will collapse with one set of angle legs folding within the otherset of angle legs whereby any vehicle passing over the collapsed signwill not damage the sign or the vehicle.

In Fig. 5 we have shown a modified form of cross member constructioncomprising a channel of angle iron with the inner angles facing eachother and one of the flanges of each leg overlapping, each pair of legspivoted together through said overlapping flanges, a cross memberprovided with bent in end flanges secured to said leg pivots andarranged to have signs attached thereto, chains connecting each pair oflegs and bracing bars connecting the respective legs of each pair oflegs.

2. In a sign, pairs of supporting legs formed of angle iron with theinner angles facing each other and one flange of each leg overlapping,each pair of supporting legs pivoted together through said overlappingflanges, an angle iron cross member provided with bent in end flangessecured to said leg pivots, a sign bolted to said cross member with amajor portion of the-sign below said cross member and chains attached tosaid pivoted legs for limiting the spread of said legs.

3. In a sign, pairs of supporting legs formed of angle iron with theinner angles facing each other and one of the flanges of each legoverlapping, each pair of supporting legs pivoted together through saidoverlapping flanges, an angle iron cross member provided with bent inend flanges secured to said leg pivots, a sign bolted to saidcross-member with a major portion of the sign below said cross member,chains attached to said pivoted legs for limiting the spread of saidlegs and bracing bars connecting the respective legs of each pair oflegs.

4. In a sign, pairs of supporting legs formed of angle iron with theinner angles facing each other, a cross member provided with bent in endflanges, a pivot received through said end flanges and each pair oflegs, a sign secured to said cross member, chains attached to each pairof legs, cross braces secured to the respective legs of each pair oflegs spaced from the base of said legs and the whole arranged wherebyupon tipping of said sign the respective legs of one pair of legs willfold within the other pair of legs.

WILLIAM JOERGER. JOHN S. SHEEHAN. FRED J. JONES.

